Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity

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dc.creatorGiordano, Meredith A.
dc.creatorTurral, Hugh
dc.creatorScheierling, S.M.
dc.creatorTreguer, D.O.
dc.creatorMcCornick, Peter G.
dc.date2017
dc.date2017-06-09T04:47:38Z
dc.date2017-06-09T04:47:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:34:36Z
dc.descriptionThis Research Report chronicles the evolution of thinking on water productivity in the research agenda of IWMI and in the broader irrigation literature over the past 20 years. It describes the origins of the concept and the methodological developments, its operationalization through applied research, and some lessons learned over the two decades of research. This report further highlights how a focus on agricultural water productivity has brought greater attention to critical water scarcity issues, and the role of agricultural water management in supporting broader development objectives such as increasing agricultural production, reducing agricultural water use, raising farm-level incomes, and alleviating poverty and inequity. Yet, reliance on a single-factor productivity metric, such as agricultural water productivity defined as “crop per drop,” in multi-factor and multi-output production processes can mask the complexity of agricultural systems as well as the trade-offs required to achieve desired outcomes. The findings from this retrospective underscore the limitations of single-factor productivity metrics while also highlighting opportunities to support more comprehensive approaches to address water scarcity concerns and, ultimately, achieve the broader development objectives.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/81501
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/159875
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Water Management Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceGiordano, Meredith; Turral, H.; Scheierling, S. M.; Treguer, D. O.; McCornick, Peter G. 2017. Beyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Washington, DC, USA: The World Bank. 53p. (IWMI Research Report 169) doi: 10.5337/2017.202
dc.subjectagricultural production
dc.subjectagricultural system
dc.subjectwater productivity
dc.subjectwater resources
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectwater accounting
dc.subjectwater use efficiency
dc.subjectwater conservation
dc.subjectwater allocation
dc.subjectwater scarcity
dc.subjectwater supply
dc.subjectirrigation efficiency
dc.subjectirrigated land
dc.subjectirrigation systems
dc.subjectperformance indexes
dc.subjectcrop production
dc.subjectcrop yield
dc.subjectfarm income
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectgroundwater depletion
dc.subjectequity
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjectcosts
dc.subjectapplied research
dc.subjectmodels
dc.subjectenvironmental flows
dc.subjectfood security
dc.titleBeyond “More Crop per Drop”: evolving thinking on agricultural water productivity
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